Exciting news this week as The Spyglass and the Cherry Tree has a new ebook cover (see below!). I’m excited to see how this goes down with readers and the paperback version may well follow later in the year. Don’t forget, if you’ve read it already or plan to read it in the future, leave […]

Progress is still being made on Spyglass and the Cherry Tree, the debut novel for both myself and the Shadowland Chronicles. I have just uploaded the first book trailer at http://shadowlandchronicles.co.uk (scroll for the trailer) but I’ve also embedded it here for you to view. Just promise you’ll also view the main Shadowland Chronicles page to […]

How does one openly accept critique of something so personally created over years of writing, drafting and re-drafting? It’s something that I was very anxious about as I sent my manuscript away to my editor. What would she say? How could she possibly know the characters and their stories well enough to offer any advice […]

Today marks a big step in the process of publishing my first novel, Spyglass and the Cherry Tree. I’ve made the decision to work with the very highly recommended editor Pam Elise Harris of Kitchen Sink Edits. I can’t wait to see what improvements she can suggest and it gives me a nice working date […]

What They’re Saying

I wish more books like this had been around when I was a child, it would have made reading even better and more imaginative. A character like Trixie would have been a great read as a child and was also a very cute and loving character to read as an adult.

The Spyglass and the Cherry Tree is a brilliant fantasy adventure with a journey about confronting fears and trials to become a hero, with a variety of eccentric characters, an evil queen, and the quest for a magical stone.

The book was very exciting and fun to read. I really liked that there were activity pages at the end. The characters are very likeable and realistic. The author puts a creative twist on classic monsters, including a vegetarian vampire!

What a brilliant, funny children’s story this turned out to be! ... I have no hesitation in highly recommending it as a fun read for children and the young at heart, too, and teachers should definitely check it out!

I read this book to my six year old son and he was enamoured with it right from the very first page. I sometimes struggle to get him to engage with a story, especially a longer book like this, but he was absolutely gripped and begged me to read more every night!